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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Request for Quote: Zipper Replacement
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Need some help
Hi Andrew,
Sorry to bother you again on your vacation but we have a(nother) little problem.
On one of the vendors, we entered it as an item that could be bonded when I shouldn’t hav as duty has already been paid. See item # 2312550 as an example. For now, I was changing the bonded and duty paid price to be the same for labels. However, my concern is that the landed cost is showing that it includes the duty. Julie entered the duty paid cost factor which seems like it is applying it to the bonded price. So, when it is sold as a duty paid item, the duty is being charged on the landed value that has been calculated at a duty paid cf of 1.57. So, we owe pretty much double the duty. It looks like we missed that for 1 of the vendors but I’ll go thru the others. These items were brought in on a small pallet which made sense to duty pay.
As I am going in to change the price, is there any way I could change this? Or do I need to wait? Or can it be changed?
Let me know as soon as you can. Sorry again for the interruption.
Take care, L
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Food for Thought
I am just following up on the leaflet that I sent about 3 weeks to you about the Food for Thought programme. I have attached for you some more information about the programme, but in a nut shell the programme has 3 parts. Firstly I come into the school to teach the children about healthy eating; topics that I cover include the Four Food Groups, The Food Pyramid and Food Label Reading. Secondly we go to your support store (Napier PAK’nSAVE), there the children are given a work-sheet to fill out, essentially putting the class nutrition sessions into practice. Lastly the supermarket donates a set amount per class that is involved, and this is to go towards creating a healthy lunch for the children.
The beauty about the programme is that it fits in with you; therefore you can choose when you would like to run the programme. It could be this term or the following terms next year. The programme fits in well with any health, food or body theme that you may run, it also fits in very well with the Life Education Trust. The programme is aimed at Yr 5/6 students but I am happy to take any Yr 4/5 – Yr 8 classes that you may have. The time needed to complete the programme is 1 1/2 hr per class for the nutrition sessions and 1 hr per class for the supermarket visit. This is how I would plan my sessions with 3x classes:
Day 1- Nutrition Sessions- Food Pyramid Sessions
Class 1: 9- 9.45 am
Class 2: 9.45- 10.30
Break
Class 3: 11- 11.45
Day 2- Nutrition Sessions- Label Reading
Class 1: 9- 9.45 am
Class 2: 9.45- 10.30
Break
Class 3: 11- 11.45
*could also do the 2 nutrition sessions over one day if you prefer
Day 3- Supermarket Tours- Kilbirnie PAK'nSAVE
Class 1: 9.30- 10.30
Class 2: 10.30- 11.30
Class 3: 11.30- 12.30
You will also need to supply parent help for this (about 2-3 parents per class).
The Food for Thought programme is also part of a brand new programme brought out by the Heart Foundation called Heart Start. For schools to achieve the Heart Start award schools must completed 5 out of 10 modules. By taking part in the Food for Thought programme you complete 4-5 of these modules and therefore are awarded the Heart Start Chart. I have also attached some on the Heart Start programme for you.
The next thing for you to do, if you are interested, is to get back to me so we can get you started. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. Also feel free to check out our website below. I look forward to hearing back from you,
Kind Regards,
Marie Walters
Nutritionist
Food for Thought
Lower North Island
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Land Conservation Celebration Beaufort County Open Land Trust
You're Invited to our Land Trust Members Only Event!
*Widgeon Point Preserve is 162 acres on Lemon Island located off of HWY 170 in Okatie, SC.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Generator installation
Dear Ms. Brown,
Please find attached quotation of the generator installation as per
requested.
There are variables which we are concerned about.
1. Layout of the ATS in relation to the main power source.
2. Spec as to there requirements. If there is any further information which you can find regarding the
sites please let me know. Regards,
Dwight Dwight O'B. Ramsay
CEO, Technical Support And Services.
requested.
There are variables which we are concerned about.
1. Layout of the ATS in relation to the main power source.
2. Spec as to there requirements. If there is any further information which you can find regarding the
sites please let me know. Regards,
Dwight Dwight O'B. Ramsay
CEO, Technical Support And Services.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Apology
Derek and Alli,
I am deeply sorry for any comments that I made about Native Americans and the egregious offence that I have made to either of you. I am truly remorseful of my behavior at your reception and I know an apology can not fully retract my actions. It is my offering to in some small way amend for my loathsome and insensitive, comments and behavior. I further wish to thank you for inviting me to your reception and allowing me to photograph an otherwise happy occasion. In closing I would like to say one more time that I am very sorry for my behavior and comments and it will not happen again.
Sincerely
John F. Mullett
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Chris Hook - MATH 140
I will not be able to make it to class today due to heavy rain since I would have to walk.
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Monday, October 18, 2010
The Last Nail
Last Tuesday I rushed out from finishing my podcast Episode 15 and caught the train to Romford, just like so many times on Wednesdays, except this was to visit Romford Folk Club. It’s always on Tuesdays, so not the best fit with the weekly podcasts, but I’ve proven that it can be done in time without even missing the opening number. The guest artists were supposed to be from Yorkshire but because of some hiccup, a couple of musicians who normally host the folk club at Lee On Sea, Mick and Pete stood in at short notice and entertained all with a hearty selection of mostly Irish and Australian folk songs.
I’ll be playing a guest spot myself at the Romford Folk Club in April next year, the 5th I think, but on Tuesday I played one Andy Roberts original song, The Last Nail.
The Romford Folk Club meets on Tuesdays at 8.00pm downstairs at the Sun, London Road, Romford RM7 9QA
The Last Nail Lyrics
Above the stone walled harbour, or down the winding hill
That’s where they built the boatyard, and the structure stands there still.
Not much boat building happens now, just repairs and fitting out
but when the wind rattles the boatmasts, you can hear the old boatbuilders shout:
Will you pass the last nail over and I’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.Our grandfathers put up the boatyard, to build the fishing fleet,
more than fifty boats in the harbour, and shops all down the main street
then the steam age brought in the drifters,
boat builders became engineers
Now the wind blows straight through the boatyard,
there’ll be no more boat building here
Will you pass the last nail over and I’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.With a keen eye for staying in business, they switched over to build leisure craft
And the weekend yachtsmen snapped them up, no expense spared fore or aft
Then wooden hulls went out of fashion, the order book emptied last year
So the bankers foreclosed on the boatyard,
and there’ll be no more boatbuilding here
Will you pass the last nail over and I’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.Now the Vikings invented the clinker for both strength and shallow seas
and the herring boats followed the coastline, until the canning ships found the key
There’s a regatta here every August, and the whole village turns out again
But the Sea Queen’s no real competition, and it’s guaranteed to rain
Will you pass the last nail over and I’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.Above the stone walled harbour, or down the winding hill
that’s where they built the boatyard, and the skeleton stands there still.
No more boat building happens now, not even fitting out
but when the wind rattles the boatmasts, you can still hear the old boys shout:
Will you pass the last nail over, we’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.
via andyroberts.me
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Havering Folk Club News October 17th 2010
Havering Folk Club News October 17th 2010
Hi Haverfolk, Peter here again.
Last Session: Another tremendous session on 13th October, even if numbers were slightly down on what we normally expect and it took on an unexpectedly bawdy tone (for which I take no responsibility!). John Eason and Margaret Brangwyn of Foxen shared the MC’s duties and having started us off, they introduced Ray Pep Pepper, Maragaret Brown, Tony Thomson, Bernie & Maureen Pilgrim, Helen Tegg, myself, Jane Thomson, Sheila Step-Dance Grainger and finally, Trevor Sharples. Just ten floor spots meant we all had a second go with two more songs each and John & Margaret rounded the evening off by getting several members up at once for a rousing Goodnight Irene, with some additional lyrics by John himself. As I said, a tremendous evening.
The Guv: Simon finally managed to get an appointment on Friday for an assessment of his back problems and I understand they are going to try a course of Cortisone injections rather than resort to surgery immediately, so fingers crossed. I’ll keep you posted as to progress.
Haverfolks’ Outside Activities: Richard Staines has a gig on Thursday, October 21st at Oxfam Books and Music, 91 Marylebone High Street, London, phone 020 7487 3570. It’s a Tolerance International charity gig, so Richard would be delighted to see some Haverfolk in the audience.
Something of a lapsed Haverlady these days, Louise Jordan (formerly known as Ski, but I understand she’s dropping that appellation) is still well-enough known here, even if work commitments do keep her away nowadays. She’s produced a new 5-track CD called Born to Wander, which features four traditional numbers plus one of her own compositions – a new departure for her. She has a launch session at The Betsy Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Rd., Clerkenwell, EC1R 3BL on Friday 22nd October at 8pm. You can find additional info about Louise/Ski at www.louisejordan.co.uk
On Sunday October 31st Steve O’Kane and Fiona McBain have a gig. Below is their e-mail just as received:
Hi Folks
just to let you know about our gig at The Brentwood Theatre, CM15 8AG, on Sunday October 31st.! Starts 8.p.m, to finish at 10.p.m. to make it easier for anyone going to work Monday
An evening of mostly my own songs; ballads and stories of life and love etc; philosophical meanderings, old and new, but hopefully all with some poetic element. In fact we hope to add a new element of some poetry from my forthcoming collection, mainly read by Fiona; she will also sing a few select cover songs to add to the mix. Aiming for a nice "evening with" kind of event!
It would be really nice to see you there if you could make it! :)
Tickets are £9.00, or £8.00 concessions, available from me by post etc, or please phone the The Brentwood Theatre Box Office, 01277 200305
Hopefully it will be a memorably different way to spend Halloween, and add to your snapshot of memories when looking back on 2010. ......................and also you get to escape all those trick or treaters banging on the door!
All the best!
Steve.
"Down By The River" Video
Naturally, Steve, Fiona and Louise would all love to see as many Haverfaces in their audiences as possible.
Other Stuff: For those interested in brass bands, The Tilbury Band present Brass Flourishes on Friday, 22nd October at 7.30pm. This takes place at Tilbury Community Centre (no address given on their communication) and tickets at £5 each are available from Andrea Lewis on 07733 234622. It’s in association with the National Foundation Music Project of the Netherlands and will feature a guest appearance from Fanfare Brass.
More info from Jim Coombes regarding the launch of Loughton Folk Club and again, I paste his e-mail below just as received: Preparations are well under way for the Loughton Folk Club opening night on Thursday 28th October 2010. In addition to tune sessions and a ukulele session (musicians please join in) there will be chorus song sessions and we will feature some of our best local (and not so local) artists including (in no particular order): Al Neville http://www.myspace.com/alanneville, Steve O’Kane and Fiona McBain http://www.steveokane.co.uk/, Blue Harbour (it was inevitable wasn’t it?), and Paula Ryan http://www.myspace.com/paularyansingersongwriter. You’re very welcome to request a floor spot in advance – If we are oversubscribed I will favour more competent performers and those I haven’t seen before. If you know anyone else who might be interested please pass this on and ask them to send me their contact details. I have already received (and taken up) a number of suggestions for the club – I very much welcome all ideas and suggestions including for choice of guests – so do please speak up. We could particularly do with an ace Ukulele player to give the guitarists a run for their money! Looking forward to seeing you all on the 28th October 2010. Don’t forget to bring your ukuleles!!!! Jim Coombes J Loughton Folk Club meets at Loughton Club, 8 Station Road, Loughton, IG10 4NX every Thursday from 28th October 2010. Loughton Club is next to Brown’s Garage – close to the high road for bus stops, and a few hundred yards from Loughton tube station. There is parking front and rear. Entrance £2.00 – Guest nights extra Talking Elephant Records are holding there “Awesome Autumnal Sale” and have some huge discounts on CDs from some of the biggest names in the folk world including Steeleye, Swarbrick & Nicol, Albion Band and many, many more. Too many to mention here, so go along to www.talkingelephant.co.uk to take a look. As I said last week, they supported us by donating some CDs for our raffle, so it would be good to support them in return..
Back to HFC: This coming Wednesday, 20th October is another open session and if it matches the last two or three then it really is a “can’t miss” evening, so Make it a date – Wednesday at eight!
Cheers – Peter W.
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
DARnet Andy Roberts - Blog Action Day 2010 - #BAD10
"DARnet Andy Roberts" - 1 new article
Blog Action Day 2010 – #BAD2010The topic for Blog Action Day 2010 is water, and I’m just going to link out to some other entries from here, this time. In 2009 I wrote blog-action-day-when-the-waters-rise In 2007, the first blog action day, I explained that individual-action-is-not-enough So this year I entered another song, Mondura Dam which according to the composer, myself, is bang on topic. It’s over on the Andy Roberts Podcast blog: Mondura Dam – as long as we have water and a piece about how to make cider using much less water to make cider than beer   This has been a post for blog action day 2010 tagged #BAD10 Thanks for subscribing to Andy Roberts blog Blog Action Day 2010 – #BAD2010Related posts:
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Friday, October 15, 2010
Theory: The general strike
Theory
The general strike
www.socialistworld.net, 15/10/2010
website of the committee for a workers' international, CWIImportant tool of the working class
Hannah Sell, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) deputy general secretary
All across Europe workers and young people face the austerity axe. And all across Europe there is a fight to defend jobs and services against governments who are determined to do the bidding of big business and the banks. Hannah Sell, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) deputy general secretary, looks at the role of the general strike in these battles.
"We are angry." This was how nine out of ten Greeks described their mood. In the same poll 93% of Greeks called for corrupt politicians to be jailed. The rage of the Greeks is not surprising - the whole working class is having its living standards trampled into the dirt. And Greece is not alone, from Britain to Spain to Ireland, the governments of Europe are taking the Con-Dem road - and trying to smash public services and workers’ living standards.
They have been met with ferocious resistance. Greece was shut down six times in the first seven months of 2010 - as a result of powerful 24-hour general strikes. As yet these general strikes have not defeated the government’s austerity packages, but the government could be forced to retreat if the determination of the Greek working class is channelled into more decisive action in the coming months.
Spain, 29 September
Workers in other countries are taking the ’Greek road’. In Spain a 24-hour public sector strike in June has been followed by a magnificent 24-hour general strike of the whole workforce on 29 September, with an incredible ten million workers taking part in the demonstrations.
In Italy one million took to the streets on 25 June in the strongest general strike for many years. In France two and a half million took to the streets as part of a public sector strike against pension cuts on 7 June.
Beyond Europe the general strike is also increasingly back on the agenda - with the recent tremendous 13-day long public sector strike in South Africa and in India around 100 million people took part in the biggest general strike for many years.
General strike in Britain?
In Britain the question of general strike action is also beginning to be posed. The massive cuts that the government is going to announce on 20 October will dramatically lower the living standards of every working class person, and many middle class people as well. Unless you are part of the tiny minority who can afford to pay for you and your family’s healthcare, education and social services privately, these cuts will adversely affect you.
This year’s Trades Union Congress agreed to coordinate action against cuts. Brendan Barber, general secretary of the TUC, pledged that they would "support and coordinate campaigning and joint union industrial action, nationally and locally, in opposition to attacks on jobs, pensions, pay or public services". Barber was anxious to make clear this did not mean a general strike. However, despite his best efforts, for workers watching the TUC at home, the idea of a general strike was unconsciously raised by the TUC’s pledges.
The majority of trade union leaders refuse to even talk about a general strike because of the fear of what it would mean in Britain. However, they also take refuge in the fact that in Britain, unlike other countries in Europe, the anti-trade union laws mean that generalised strike action is virtually illegal. There are huge obstacles to even achieving a public sector general strike within the straitjacket of the anti-trade union laws. These laws, the most repressive in the advanced capitalist countries, were introduced by previous Tory governments and left intact by New Labour. We do not lightly support breaking the anti-union laws and thereby risking trade union funds, but this struggle - to defend the public sector from decimation - is too important to allow individual trade unions to fight alone. Coordinated action is vital, even if it means confronting the anti-union laws.
United strike action is inherent in the situation. As Bob Crow, general secretary of the RMT transport workers’ union, put it: "If, for example, RMT members are balloting for strike action and so are the firefighters it is logical to coordinate the ballots."
Given that every public sector worker’s pay and conditions will be directly affected by the cuts it could be possible to legally organise a public sector general strike in this way, if the national trade union leaders were prepared to do so. Particularly on the issue of pensions’ coordinated action across the public sector in response to the Hutton Report is likely to be posed.
Action of this nature was threatened in 2005, forcing the New Labour government to retreat from its attack on public sector pensions. In 2008, some public sector unions - the civil servants’ PCS, the teachers’ NUT and the lecturers’ UCU - organised coordinated strike action on pay.
Of course, as we have seen with the British Airways cabin crew strike and others, even when unions follow every dot and comma of the byzantine anti-trade union laws, the courts can still ban strikes. When this happens the trade union movement must be prepared to come to the aid of the union/s under threat by taking strike action in their defence.
We cannot allow these undemocratic laws to prevent workers taking effective action. In reality, if all public sector unions defied the anti-trade union laws and took simultaneous strike action, the government would be powerless to stop them and, in the process, the anti-trade union laws would be broken asunder.
Even without the anti-trade union laws, however, the leadership of the TUC would prefer no-one to as much as whisper the words ’general strike’. General strikes obviously have varying characteristics but all general strikes - where the working class shows its strength by bringing society to a halt - are a very serious weapon in the armoury of the working class. General strikes, particularly when they are indefinite, pose the question of who runs society: the working class, which can bring the country to a standstill, or those currently in power, the capitalist class?
In Britain, general strikes have been far rarer than most countries of Europe, and there has been no experience of a complete one-day general strike such as has taken place in Greece and Spain this year. It has come close on many occasions, for example in 1972 following the jailing of the Pentonville Dockers, when a general strike began to develop from below and the TUC was forced to call one; but only after they were certain they would not have to act on the threat, because the Dockers were already being freed from prison!
In the coming months the demand for a one-day general strike, probably initially a one-day public sector strike, is going to be on the lips of workers throughout Britain. Despite their reluctance, the enormous pressure that will develop from below can force even the most right-wing trade union leaders to act. And given the specific history of Britain, even a one-day public sector strike would strike terror into the government and the capitalist class and would enormously raise the confidence and combativity of the working class for the struggles to come.
Revolutionary general strikes
Such a ’warning strike’ would inevitably be centred on stopping the government’s onslaught. However, there have been many general strikes in history which have gone beyond defensive demands and starkly raised the possibility of the working class taking power into its own hands. Although not posed immediately, at least in Britain, we will see similar revolutionary general strikes in the future.
1968 was a year of mass movements across the globe. In May of that year ten million workers in France occupied the factories in a month-long general strike in what was, at least until now, the greatest general strike in history. As they occupied the factories the French working class hoisted the red flag and discussed how they could run society. The French president, Charles de Gaulle, fled the country. The London Evening Standard declared: "The situation today can be summed up in a few words: it is a revolutionary situation of an almost text-book kind."
In essence, the only reason that the working class of France did not take power in the general strike of May 1968 was because the leadership of the working class, above all the Stalinist Communist Party, betrayed them and was as frightened by the movement as the capitalists. In Britain, as well, the leadership of the trade union movement has a history of quailing in the face of a determined mass movement of the working class, which has then allowed the capitalist class to defeat the movement.
In his book, 1926 General Strike - Workers Taste Power, Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary, explains what happened during the last British general strike. In 1919, in the run up to the heroic nine-day general strike of 1926, the then British prime minister declared to the trade union leaders: "If you carry out your threat and strike you will defeat us, but if you do so have you weighed up the consequences? A strike will be in defiance of the government of this country, and by its very success, will precipitate a constitutional crisis of the first importance. For if a force arises in the state, which is stronger than the state itself, they must be ready to take on the functions of the state or withdraw and accept the authority of the state. Gentlemen, have you considered, and if you have, are you ready?" The reaction of the right-wing miners’ leader Robert Smillie was: "From that moment on we were beaten and we knew we were."
When the general strike took place seven years later, the trade union leaders betrayed the strike because they were not prepared to mobilise the working class to take power. In the aftermath of the strike the capitalist class, terrified by the power the working class had demonstrated, showed all its cold cruelty as it took its revenge. The miners were left to starve for a year; railway workers and many others saw their pay cut; tens of thousands were blacklisted. Britain in 1926 was not unique - when general strikes have been defeated, from Sweden in 1909 to Sri Lanka in 1980, the capitalist class has sought ruthless retribution.
For these reasons socialists do not lightly raise the demand for a general strike. As Leon Trotsky, the famous Russian revolutionary, put it: "improvisation is impermissible precisely on the question of a general strike", adding that: "a general strike, particularly in the old capitalist countries, requires a painstaking Marxist accounting of all the concrete circumstances."
Today most of the trade union leaders are even less prepared to lead a serious struggle than they were in 1926. In the last 20 years there has been an increased tendency in the leadership of the trade union movement towards accepting the ’logic of the market’, that is the logic of cutting workers’ pay and conditions! Many trade union leaders have become used to administering defeat rather than leading a struggle to defend their members’ interests.
In addition, the outlook and understanding of the working class has also been shaped by the experience of the last 20 years. Current consciousness, and the absence of mass workers’ parties which workers see as fighting for their interests, mean that today, while a general strike still objectively poses the question of power, this is not yet clearly understood by the mass of the working class.
In the general strikes in Greece the working class has shown enormous determination to stop the avalanche of cuts raining down on them. Nonetheless, the possibility of taking power themselves, and beginning to build a new socialist society, was not posed in the minds of the majority of even the most combative sections of the working class, at least at the beginning of the struggle.
This is starting to change on the basis of workers’ own experience. Already, according to opinion polls, 48% of the Greek population supports nationalisation of the banks and a third supports a call to ’cancel the debt’; a demand that Xekinima, the Socialist Party’s sister party in Greece, was the first to put forward. Intrinsically linked to the development of socialist consciousness will be the building of mass parties with a socialist programme. Without its own political organisation the working class is fighting with one hand tied behind its back.
Workers’ committees
Another crucial aspect of the general strike is the development of workers’ committees. In France 1968 action committees sprang up around the country in workplaces, universities and neighbourhoods. The committees began to link up, initially to organise the strike, but inevitably also to begin to organise society. The same process began to develop in parts of Britain in 1926 - with motor vehicles requiring signs ’by the authority of the TUC’ before they were allowed on the roads. Such organisations of struggle reached their highest level in history in Russia 1917 when the Soviets (workers’ councils) went from being the means of organising the revolution to the basis for building a new socialist society.
While in Greece there is enormous distrust of the official trade union leaders (the general secretary of the TUC no longer dares to speak at the general strike rallies after being physically hauled off the stage on one occasion and, on another, pelted with yoghurt!) there is not yet the widespread development of workers’ committees to direct the struggle. Socialists have an important role to play in raising the need for such committees.
Each country is different, but for these reasons it is - at this stage of the struggle across Europe - generally correct to call for warning general strikes - of 24 or 48 or even 72 hours - sometimes combined with other sectional strikes, depending on the stage of the struggle, rather than all-out general strikes. Such warning strikes can play a vital role in increasing the confidence and cohesion of the working class and preparing the ground for decisive action to defeat the capitalists in the future.
However, general strikes do not, in themselves, guarantee victory. To be fully effective they need to be built for, and part of a programme of action, not just an outlet for the working class to ’let off steam’.
Britain’s struggle begins
Here in Britain the struggle is at a particularly early stage. To some extent we are still in the ’phoney war’ where the cuts have not yet all been announced, and even those that have been announced remain abstract in the minds of many workers. However, in the coming months, as millions face very concrete threats to their jobs, pensions, wages and public services, Greece will start to come to Britain.
We have demanded that the first step in Britain should be a massive trade union-led national demonstration, mobilising hundreds of thousands or more against the cuts. This would immediately raise the confidence of everyone who participated, preparing the ground for a 24 hour public sector general strike. As a result of the pressure from left unions the TUC has now said it will call a national demonstration. This is to be welcomed but the proposal for a demonstration in March 2011, six months after the comprehensive spending review, is far too late.
The London regions of the RMT, PCS and the firefighters’ FBU unions and of the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN - see www.shopstewards.net) have taken the initiative to call a regional demonstration in London on Saturday 23 October, immediately after the comprehensive spending review. Up and down the country other local demonstrations will also take place on that day. These should be a springboard for a national demonstration before Christmas.
There are many other forms of struggle that will need to be employed in the war against the ’austerians’ who want to wipe out rights and better conditions that have been won by the working class. 2010 will go down as the year that general strikes came back on the agenda. Used correctly, the general strike is a potentially enormously powerful weapon. As a result of the working class’s experience of struggle, we will increasingly see, not only the ’defensive’ general strikes of today as the working class tries to hold back the offensive against them, but also general strikes where the working class sees the potential to take the power and begin to build a new democratic socialist society.
Hannah Sell on the general strike
Time capsule October 8th-22nd 2009
Thursday, October 14, 2010
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Clipped over the ear, tiny video camera records continuously
Much the way the wearable Vicon Revue takes digital photos throughout the day as a means of recording the wearer's life, so the Looxcie records continuous video for a similar purpose.
Launched last month by a California company with the same name, the Looxcie (pronounced “look-see”) is a wearable Bluetooth camcorder that lets users capture video of everything they see. The device fits comfortably over the ear, the company says, and points wherever the wearer looks. It's always on, so the user needn't worry about turning it on when they want to record. When something memorable happens, though, they simply press a button to save a permanent, sharable clip of the last 30 seconds. Otherwise, Looxcie continuously purges the oldest video in its storage, which can accommodate up to five hours of recording. An accompanying smartphone application, meanwhile, turns the user's phone into a Looxcie viewfinder, remote control and editing tool for creating clips up to 30 minutes in length. Clips can also be uploaded to a Mac or PC via the device's USB connector for archiving, viewing, editing or additional sharing; a pre-programmable auto-share feature lets users automatically send clips to a preset email address. Looxcie currently operates with the majority of Android 2.0 and higher smartphones, with support for additional operating systems coming soon. The device itself is available at Amazon.com for USD 199.
We've been following the life-caching trend for years now, and it just doesn't seem to be fading away. How can *your* brand help consumers document their lives...?
Website: www.looxcie.com
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
Havering Folk Club News 10 October 2010
Havering Folk Club News 10th October 2010
Last Session: Wednesday, October 6th saw an absolutely marvellous session with Al Neville performing a featured evening. Pep was back from his holiday, touring here, there and everywhere and he got straight back into the groove taking over the MC’s duties again. He and Terry got things underway, then he introduced floor spots from John Clarke, Steve O’Kane, Fiona McBain (separately on this occasion), Ploughman’s Lunch, Jan Ayres from Waltham Abbey Folk Club, only her second visit I believe, then The Weather Girls – Sally Vinson and violinist Rachel (sorry Rachel, I’ve forgotten your surname), Margaret Brown Bert Dady & Keith Petty, Kriss Pouch, Helen Islip.
Al did two 40-minute sets and brought the house down – tremendous!
Elsewhere: No info forthcoming this week about any gigs from Haverfolk, but quite a lot going on elsewhere.
Tomorrow, Monday 11th October Waltham Abbey Folk Club have Pete Coe as their special guest. They’re at The Royal British Legion, Brooker Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1HY. Visit www.walthamabbeyfolkclub.com
On Tuesday, 12th October, Romford Folk Club have a guest appearance from Bob Hazelwood and Suzie O’Connell. The Venue is The Sun Inn, 47 London Road, Romford, RM7 9QA. Visit www.romfordfolkclub.com for this one.
Looking forward a couple of weeks, Jim Coombes will be getting his Loughton Folk Club project under way. I paste his e-mail below just as received:
I am very pleased to announce that Loughton Folk Club will be open on Thursdays from 28th October 2010 - at Loughton Club, 8 Station Road, Loughton, IG10 1RR. Loughton Club is next to Brown’s Garage – close to the high road for bus stops, and a few hundred yards from Loughton tube station. There is parking front and rear. Entrance £2.00 – members of Loughton Club £1.00 In addition to the usual folk singing we plan to have tune sessions (led by Peter Boyce) visiting musicians please come and join in. We will also host a Ukulele session (leader required – otherwise you’ll get me! You’ve been warned!). I would like to send a very warm welcome to all Ukulele players from near and far to come and join us and would like to appeal to all interested players and listeners to send me their requests for songs to be included. If you’re new to the Uke we’ll help you to get started. There will be plenty of spots for visitors so if you sing or play acoustic music please come and perform for us. If you know anyone else who might be interested please pass this on and ask them to send me their contact details. And – do you have a ukulele gathering dust in your loft ? If so – first I’d like to encourage you to dust it off and play it with us! But if you can’t be persuaded to do that how about donating it to Loughton Folk Club so that new Ukers can have a chance to join in ? I won’t be running the club democratically but would very much welcome all ideas and suggestions – so do please speak up. Looking forward to seeing you all on the 28th October 2010. Jim Coombes Contact details are thecoombes@hotmail.com Back to HFC: Our own next session is on Wednesday, 13th October and will be an open session. All are welcome to come along to sing, play or just listen to some great music in a friendly atmosphere. So Make it a date – Wednesday at eight! Cheers – Pete W.
Havering Folk Club, The Golden Lion, 2 High Road, Romford, RM1 1HR |
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
12seconds is shutting down on October 22nd.
12 Seconds is closing down later this month. I'd stopped using it anyway, but this is a shame. Now I'll have to find out where I embedded the widget and take it off I suppose. Ho hum.
| Dear 12ers, Nearly 3 years ago, David Beach and I decided to grab a beer at a local pub and talk about startup ideas. I told him a dumb idea and he told me about one called 10seconds. I said, "we should do that one." He said, "okay." And that was it. That is until we figured out that 10seconds.tv was already taken. 12seconds sounded pretty good to us too. We set out on a journey that would take on a wild ride of ups and downs. We experienced birth, death and (Beach) even battled cancer. Today we are announcing the end of 12seconds. Why? As you probably know, everything has a life cycle. 12seconds is in its twilight. After all the new product launches and attempts at a revenue model, fundraising with VCs and late night coding sessions with Jacob hunched over his monitors - it's time to call it. It is time to end 12seconds. However, if 12seconds had a bucket list it would have filled it up with amazing life experiences! We launched an innovative micro-vlogging system, built crazy mobile apps, created revenue with legit sponsors, we were nominated for awards and had the best users on the Internet - our beloved 12ers. 12seconds is not a failure - it is a life well-lived. It really is about the journey. I know this because I'm at the destination. You're thinking, "holy crap I made like 1000 12second videos, what do I do?" Later this week, we're going to release a download tool for you to capture those moments in time. It will be available until we pull the plug - on October 22nd. If you have any questions or want to say goodbye, feel free to reply to this e-mail or click here (goodbye@12seconds.tv) to wish us all well. There were a lot of team members and users who made 12seconds an incredible experience. I can't possibly list them all here but you know who you are. Finally, to my co-founders Beach and Jacob - I love you guys. Sol LipmanFounder |
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Sunday, October 03, 2010
Havering Folk Club News 3rd October 2010
Havering Folk Club News 3rd October 2010
Hi Haverfolk,
Pete here once again with the Havering Folk Club Newsletter.
Last Week:
Wednesday, 29th September saw another splendid open session with 15 floor spots. Linda Hartley stepped forward to MC the session this time introducing Margaret Brown, John Clarke, Dave Worley, Bernie & Maureen Pilgrim, Ploughman’s Lunch, Foxen, Bert Dady & Keith Petty, myself, Andy Roberts, Linda Worley, Kriss Pouch, “Sheila Na Gig” (ask Sheila or Linda) which comprised step dancing from Sheila Granger accompanied by both Bernie Pilgrim and John Eason, Rosie Varey whose banjo playing is coming along splendidly, Jane Thomson and Tony Thomson.
There was time for some of the earlier names on the list to take to the floor a second time, before Linda brought forward the “Havering Folk Club Chorus-for-the-Nonce” in the shapes of Andy Roberts, Foxen and John Clarke to finish the evening with Goodnight Irene. “Daddio” even managed a verse extempore. Great stuff. Well done MC Linda and all performers.
Loughton Folk Club:
As I’ve mentioned in previous newsletters, Jim Coombes is planning to open a new folk club in Loughton and hopes to make an announcement shortly. I paste his latest e-mail below, so contact him direct if you’re further interested. I expect to be able to announce the opening of Loughton Folk Club at the beginning of October so watch this space! In the meantime I am preparing the Loughton Strummers celebration opening song book! And would like to appeal to all interested players and listeners to send in their requests for songs to be included. I am also looking for a head strummer to lead the proceedings for our Ukulele sessions. And – do you have a ukulele gathering dust in your loft ? If so – first I’d like to encourage you to dust it off and play it with us! But if you can’t be persuaded to do that how about donating it to Loughton Folk Club so that new Ukers can have a chance to join in? Please email me at loughtonfolkclub@googlemail.com Cheers – Jim Epping Forest Acoustic Club: This is run by Keith Britain and he’s e-mailed to say that the next session is on Monday 4th October and that singers, musicians and audience are all welcome. Unfortunately he only said “usual time and place” and as I can’t remember what place it is and couldn’t get hold of Keith prior to sitting at the keyboard, contact him at k.britain@sky.com 07903778024 01992711158 if you’d like to go along. Crayside Live: Sue Tuckey says that the first Crayside Live session will take place on November 6th and the line-up is Don Thompson/ Sic Transit, Terry Silver, Eggibred. These are 30 minute slots which will be interspersed with 50 minutes of floor spots, and everyone's favourite - The Raffle. Anyone who would like a spot at Crayside Live 2 on November 20thcan contact them at <live@craysidefolk.co.uk>; Back to HFC: Unfortunately our guest artists for November 3rd, The Kittiwakes have had to postpone their session as one of their number is tied up with work commitments. Many expressed disappointment that they wouldn’t be coming, but never fear! We’ve re-booked them for Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011, so that should get the year guest spots off to a great start. I’m pleased to say however, that a band we were planning to bring here next year, Crown Street (not to be confused with Cloud Street who were here last month) have agreed to step into the November 3rd slot. Two guys and two gals who play a variety of instruments and have just released their first album, which I have at home and which is rather splendid. They sing one of my rude songs in a slightly better variant, so I’m bound to like them! Gill and I visited the Tenterden Folk Festival yesterday and having bought a couple of CDs and a DVD from the Talking Elephant Records stall, we got chatting to the two guys running it about this and that and mentioned Havering Folk Club. The result was that they very kindly donated three CDs for our raffle as they always like to support folk clubs, so many thanks to and three cheers for, Talking Elephant Records. Next Session: Our next session is of course, Wednesday 6th October when Al Neville will have his featured evening. He’ll be doing two 40-minute sets for us and the first ten to get their names on the MC’s list will be guaranteed a floor spot. After that, we’ll see how we go. I’ve got a week-long video job starting Monday so I’ll be a bit late arriving, but Gill will be taking up the MC’s duties for the evening and I’ll get along as soon as I can, but probably shan’t be in time for a floor spot. I posted a video on YouTube some time ago of Al singing one of his songs, Ellis Island, and it prompted a comment from an Ellis Island resident saying how unusual the song was and how talented he thought Al was. Come and see for yourself. That’s it for this week, so Make it a date – Wednesday at eight! at Havering Folk Club, the feelgood folk club. Cheers – Pete W. Havering Folk Club, The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford, RM1 1HR. |
Friday, October 01, 2010
time capsule
| September 24th to October 8th, 2009 A selection of most interesting photos from one year ago.
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